“The Road to Beaver Park”

The New Book by Janice E. Kirk

Come along as the family steps away from a fast–paced life and goes camping for a year. On Sabbatical, the author carries her art pack and folding stool into some of the most incredible landscapes on the planet: the canyons, deserts, mountains, mesas, forests, and river valleys of the greater Southwest. Awed, amazed and humbled by what she finds there, she sketches and paints watercolors. She experiences the miracle of rain, the truth of light and shade, observes myriad forms of leaf, twig, and branching vines, insects, small mammals, fish and fowl. This is a journey of exploration and discovery, and an awakening that leads to something more…

We want to share the TRUTH as we know it about natural history, ecology, diversity of life, the interesting life histories of plants and animals, why plants and animals are where they are, how habitats work, where people fit, the critical need to protect our remaining life support systems…

We hope you will come to KNOW the great outdoors, familiarize yourself with it, feel at home out there, appreciate the natural world, recognize the roles that people play as consumers, producers, and as protectors…

We hope you will enjoy earth’s many wonders and form a deep bond with this beautiful planet. May you recognize the hidden wholeness in nature and come to cherish the earth.

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View the Drawings & Paintings
of Janice E. Kirk

Here you can find paintings mentioned in my book, The Road to Beaver Park. From the Pacific Coast, across the Great Basin, through the Mesa and Canyon Country, into the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado Plateau, and low deserts, including Death Valley and the Sonoran Desert, it was a feast to the eye, a journey of the heart.

Cherish the Earth

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